Document 3/393/1 (Melr. Lib., no. 253)

Description: John son of Philip of Maxton, in the court of his lord, John de Normanville, spontaneously and without any pressure, has quitclaimed all right which he had in the land which J, his lord, gave to the monks of Melrose in the territory of Maxton (ROX), namely that common pasture and the other common easements which he and his heirs have seized in the same land.
Firm date: X 1240
Probable date: probably late 1220s or early 1230s
Dating Notes: x death of John de Normanville; probable date derived from the fact that Hugh de Normanville appears between 1227 and 1232 (_Melrose Liber_, i, no. 246)
Source for Data Entry: Melrose Liber, i, no. 253
Trad. ID: Melr. Lib., no. 253
Calendar number: 3/393/1
Charter type: Charter
Language: Latin
Original (contemporary): yes
Notes: NAS, GD 55/253
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Total number of associated factoids: 7

Transaction factoids (3)

Relationship factoids (2)

Title factoids (2)

Date	Short Summary	Primary	Witnesses
unavailable	Gift of land in Maxton (ROX)	no
X 1240	Quitclaim land, common pasture and easements in Maxton (ROX)	yes	Aelsi Proudfoot; Bernard of Hadden, sheriff of Roxburgh; Gregory of Rutherford; Hugh de Normanville, persona of Stanfordham; Richard of Heton
X 1240	* Concession of common easements in Newton (ROX)	yes

Date

Primary

Witnesses

unavailable

X 1240

yes

X 1240

yes

Date	Short Summary	Subject	Object
X 1240	Son of Philip (father of John of Maxton) (Familial relationship)	John of Maxton, son of Philip	Philip (father of John of Maxton)
X 1240	Lord (dominus) of John of Maxton, son of Philip (Tenurial & lordship relationship)	John de Normanville (d.1240)	John of Maxton, son of Philip

Subject

Object

X 1240

X 1240